This potato salad derives from a family recipe I’ve learnt from my step-mom. The original version is just as vegan as this, but I added some chick peas this time to make it a little heartier, and the dressing of course is my own making. The basic concept is the perfect union between capers, Russian [...]
By Anni
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Also tagged apple, caper, chick pea, garlic, mustard, paprika, picnic, potato, salad, salted cucumber, side dish
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After reading Kittee’s vegan meatball recipe, I was hungering for something similar. We hadn’t made anything resembling meatballs since the Lion’s heads way back in October. Also, because we were going to go on a picnic on May Day, we thought it would be nice to have them there. May Day, among other things, is [...]
By Heikki
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Also tagged chili, garlic, gluten flour, marjoram, meatball, picnic, recipe, sesame oil, side dish, soy sauce, textured soy protein, thyme, tsp, tsp granules, vegan, vegetarian
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This dish gets its name (má là = numbing and spicy) from two types of pepper, the numbingly hot aroma of sichuan pepper and the fiery hot flavour of chili pepper. This combination is great even if you’re not that fond of super-spicy food. The tongue-numbing effect of sichuan pepper is felt only after consuming [...]
This is a great simple soup that I discovered when I was in Fez a few years back. We stayed in the old town, medina, and close to our hotel was a hole-in-a-wall type of breakfast place, serving freshly baked bread and chickpea soup. The soup was so delicious that we went there every morning, [...]
By Heikki
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Also tagged appetizer, arab, chick pea, cumin, garlic, Habeeb Salloum, main course, paprika, potato, pressure cooking, recipe, soup, vegan, vegetarian
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This was a quick lunch I made for myself on a day when I had to use up three carrots, since we’d got our organic veggie delivery the day before, and the old ones had to go. We froze a bunch of leeks after the previous organic delivery, so now I could just take one [...]
By Anni
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Also tagged appetizer, carrot, cashew, easy, garlic, lemon, lunch, recipe, soup, vegan, vegetarian
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We made these pastries for a Christmas party we went to on Saturday, and everyone liked them. Filo (also fillo or phyllo) pastry is crispy and delicate, and the spinach-tofu filling was nice and spicy. An easier way out is to bake one big spanakopita in a baking dish, but triangles are better for parties.
Spanakopita [...]
By Heikki
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Also tagged baking, chili, filo, onion, recipe, savoury, smoked paprika, spinach, tofu, uncheese, vegan, vegetarian
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Easy and fresh, another way of using our organic cabbage.
Here’s what we had in the salad:
500 g cabbage
5 cm piece of leek, cut in small pieces
3 teaspoons dried dill
3-4 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon canola oil
freshly ground black pepper
1 teaspoon sugar
1/2 -1 teaspoon salt
First, I cut the cabbage in thin strips. Then I mixed all [...]
This is a North African salad made of bulgur (or burgul), crushed wheat grains. Bulgur doesn’t need to be cooked. Instead, it is reconstituted in the fridge overnight. It absorbs the liquid from vegetables, and prepared this way, remains firm in texture and is very flavorful. Other vegetables, like tomato or onions, could be added [...]
By Anni
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Also tagged bulgur, cucumber, lemon, parsley, raisins, recipe, red bell pepper, salad, tabbouleh, vegan, vegetarian
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I really love leek. This week we got a bunch of fresh organic vegetables from a local farmer, including about a dozen leeks. I decided to cook a dish that centers around leek.
This is a basic Chinese stir-fry recipe and really easy to make. With proper ingredients – fresh leek and fresh tofu – it [...]
This recipe is originally from eastern China. The name of the dish comes from the way it looks; the big balls, traditionally made of pork, resemble lions’ heads, and the shredded Chinese cabbage looks like its mane. (Come on, use your imagination!)
Presumably the more skillful the cook, the bigger the lions’ heads are. I had [...]
